Below are the seminar schedules for the 2015-2016 academic year (Fall 2015, Winter 2016, Spring 2016)
Spring 2016
4/20/16
Naomi Fugakawa, M.D., Ph.D.
Center Director, USDA, ARS Beltsville, Maryland Human Nutrition Research Center
Air pollution and metabolic dysfunction
Seminar Video
4/27/16
Shirley Luckhart, Ph.D.
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
Department of Entomology and Nematology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Global malaria elimination and eradication – a perspective on the science and challenges behind these efforts
Seminar Video
5/4/16
Alex Brito, Ph.D.
Nutritionist, USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, UC Davis
New directions in vitamin B12 deficiency research. From diagnostics to international nutrition
Seminar Video
5/11/16
Mary Arimond, M.S.
UC Davis Project Manager for the International Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Project (iLiNS)
Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women of Reproductive Age: Introducing A Guide for Measurement
Seminar Video
5/18/16
Lindsay Allen, Ph.D., R.D.
Director of the USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, UC Davis
The Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality (MILQ) study
Seminar Video
5/25/16
Sridevi Krishnan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scientist, USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, UC Davis
WHNRC’s Dietary Guidelines Study; how to measure the effects of a dietary pattern
Seminar Video
Spring 2016 Seminars not Recorded
3/30/16
Edye Kuyper, M.S., Nutrition Advisor, UC Davis CA&ES International Programs Office
Effective Nutrition Promotion within Agricultural Extension
4/13/16
Christopher Golden, Ph.D., Research Associate, Harvard University, Dept. of Nutrition
The effect of wildlife and fisheries declines on human nutrition
Winter 2016
1/6/16
Guy-Marino Hinnouho
Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Davis, Dept. of Nutrition, Lao Zinc Study
Metabolically Healthy Obesity and Risk of Chronic Diseases
Seminar Video
1/13/16
Amy Pickering
Stanford University, Senior Fellow, Center for Innovation in Global Health
Sanitation and child growth: new evidence from a community-led sanitation intervention in rural Mali
Seminar Video
1/27/16
Teresa Steele
Associate Professor, Chancellor's Fellow, Evolutionary Anthropology Wing Chair, UC Davis Dept of Anthropology
The Evolution of Human Diets from an Archaeological Perspective
Seminar Video
2/3/16
Christine Stewart
Associate Professor
UC Davis Department of Nutrition, Program in International and Community Nutrition
The Sustainable Development Goals: where does nutrition fit in?
Seminar Video
2/10/16
Elizabeth Maga
Adjunct Professor, UC Davis Department of Animal Science
Determining how milk can influence intestinal health in a pig model of malnutrition
Seminar Video
2/17/16
Alexandra Greenwald
PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, UC Davis
Breastfeeding, Weaning, and Early Childhood Diet in Prehistoric California Hunter-Gatherers
Seminar Video
Winter 2016 Seminars not Recorded
1/20/16
Steve Vosti
Adjunct Professor, UC Davis Agricultural and Resource Economics
Optimization Modeling for Informing MN Intervention Program Decisions: Addressing Efficiency and Equity Concerns in the Context of Cameroon
2/24/16
Sonja Hess, Associate Research Nutritionist, UC Davis Program in International Nutrition
The Niger Maternal Nutrition Project – what next?”
Fall 2015
9/30/15
Kathryn Dewey, Robert Hijmans, Steve Vosti, Christine Stewart, UC Davis PICN
Research Overviews by PICN Faculty: Robert Hijmans, Steve Vosti & Christine Stewart
Seminar Video
10/7/15
Lindsay Allen, Reina Engle-Stone, Kay Dewey
Research Overviews by PICN Faculty: Lindsay Allen, Reina Engle-Stone, Kay Dewey
Seminar Video
10/14/15
Elizabeth Prado, Ryan Wessells, Charles Stephensen
Research Overviews by PICN Faculty Elizabeth Prado, Ryan Wessells, Charles Stephensen
Seminar Video
10/21/15
Elizabeth Mitcham
Director, UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center
Enhancing consumption of fruits and vegetables
Seminar Video
10/28/15
Carrie Waterman
Rutgers University, Dept of Plant Biology and Pathology
Meet Moringa: A medicinal superfood ready for development
Seminar Video
11/18/15
Kay Dewey
Distinguished Professor, Director, UC Davis PICN
The Rang-Din Nutrition Study: Effectiveness of home-fortification approaches in the first 1000 days for preventing maternal and child undernutrition
Seminar Video
Fall 2015 Seminars not Recorded
11/4/15
Anne Williams, Postdoctoral Fellow,Emory University
Effectiveness of a behavior change intervention to improve maternal dietary diversity in the context of a cluster randomized trial in rural Kenya
11/25/15
Deanna Olney, IFPRI, Washington, DC
Preventing Malnutrition in children under 2 years of Age (PM2A): IFPRI studies in Guatemala and Burundi
12/2/15
Shasha Jumbe, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Healthy Birth, Growth and Development Knowledge Integration